tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16794352927174613782024-03-20T05:08:12.810-07:001Elizabeth, Jordan, Libby, Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464854177704193844noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679435292717461378.post-90289971696722704162009-05-09T10:56:00.000-07:002009-05-09T10:58:48.684-07:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" >1 is out of radio contact for a short while to consider our public image and ability to connect. Once we find ourselves we'll be back.<br /><br />Stay tuned...<br /><br />Meanwhile remember it only takes 1 moment to make a difference. Use your time wisely.<br /></span>Elizabeth, Jordan, Libby, Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464854177704193844noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679435292717461378.post-28128060666491479012009-04-29T09:24:00.000-07:002009-04-29T07:23:17.019-07:00now<strong><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">This is the beginning of a movement.</span></span></span><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">You are not powerless.</span></span><strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" >Every single minute on this planet...</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /><strong style="font-weight: bold; font-family: arial; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">55,000 (bo) of petroleum are produced</strong></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >52,000 billion tons of co2 are released</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >8500 Mcdonald's hamburgers are consumed</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >4300 tons of cereals are processed</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >780 people die from malaria</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >426 tons of garbage are produced in the US</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >265 people are born</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br />109 people die of starvation</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >55 women die from lack of prenatal care</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >26 forests are lost forever</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><br /><span>4 children die from the effects of water shortages</span></span><br /><strong style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></strong><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >3 people are trafficked into slavery or prostitution</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >1 person makes a choice</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:180%;" ><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >If you do just</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" > <span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">1 small thing you will make a big difference.</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> contribute to this blog Post it link it Share it talk about it Choose</span><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" >What Will You Do?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"><br /></span></span></span></span></strong></strong></strong></strong>Elizabeth, Jordan, Libby, Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464854177704193844noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679435292717461378.post-66007004931790513182009-04-29T07:24:00.001-07:002009-04-29T07:24:52.545-07:00<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: arial;font-size:180%;" >Your voice is the most important part of this blog. Please leave your comment...have a discussion...be part of just 1 thing.</span>Elizabeth, Jordan, Libby, Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464854177704193844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679435292717461378.post-64528489975050192432009-04-29T07:21:00.000-07:002009-04-29T07:22:26.872-07:001 thing for your consideration<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhr4am1fcWHGsQhn_3UHPwe1JofnVbHdOiT3HoZV-NvBYTIqc2ijCBk_ydv1nTjSG-r9fqum_hXuEHmYW30PW9UDsvI5A3oatUT-13AoP9v20YKyF7hhvRfL9Nl4OrP9-mhM8w2Voz30MZ/s1600-h/terror-vs-starvation.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhr4am1fcWHGsQhn_3UHPwe1JofnVbHdOiT3HoZV-NvBYTIqc2ijCBk_ydv1nTjSG-r9fqum_hXuEHmYW30PW9UDsvI5A3oatUT-13AoP9v20YKyF7hhvRfL9Nl4OrP9-mhM8w2Voz30MZ/s400/terror-vs-starvation.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330118514095287858" border="0" /></a>Elizabeth, Jordan, Libby, Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464854177704193844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679435292717461378.post-33546165013663964702009-04-23T08:37:00.000-07:002009-04-24T05:30:34.820-07:00Letter from a starving child<p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><o:p> </o:p><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102); font-style: italic;">Hello, hola, marhaban, jambo, ni hao, namaste, </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102); font-style: italic;">konnichi wa, ya’at’eeh,</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">My name is Lindsey, Juan, Amani, Matu, Guiren , Shanti, Akira, Olathe,</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">I live in America, Honduras, Iraq, Kenya, China, India, Nepal, Japan, on the Reservation,</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">I am<span style="font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;">five, eleven, eight, fifteen, two, seven, thirteen, three years old.</span><span style=""></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">I am hungry.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">My mother is a crack addict, a refugee, a widow, dying of AIDS, unable to find work , a prostitute, beaten, hopeless, an alcoholic.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">My father is unable to find work, gone, a soldier, an alcoholic, doing the best he can, a drug addict, a farmer, abusive, dead.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">I am hungry.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Outside my window I see concrete and dirt, I see trees and scrawny chickens, I see war, I see tin shanties and empty water spigots, I see smog, I see children not much older than me selling themselves, I see dying villages, I see factories, I see dust and trailers.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">I am hungry.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">But I am just a child so I believe that things will get better.<span style=""> </span>I have hope that someone will help me, will help my family.<span style=""> </span>I do not understand why I am hungry.<span style=""> </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Soon I will give up.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Soon I will work in the fields or the streets.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Soon I will get sick.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Soon I will die.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">But not yet.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Please help me. </p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>I am just like your child.<span style=""> </span>I cannot help myself.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">I am just like your child except…</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">I am hungry.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Every minute children all over the world are dying of malnutrition and neglect.<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>In just 1 minute you can make a difference that may actually save a child’s life.<span style=""> </span>Not a child on a commercial or in an ad or created by a campaign.<span style=""> </span>A real child just like you were, just like your own…with hopes, and dreams, and small fingers and toes, and eyes that see, and a desire to live longer than just tomorrow.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Take just 1 minute and give just 1 dollar.<span style=""> </span>Together You and I and Heifer International can help them.</p> <p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" class="MsoNormal">Please.<span style=""> </span>It only takes 1.</p>Elizabeth, Jordan, Libby, Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464854177704193844noreply@blogger.com60tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679435292717461378.post-399670686280499922009-04-21T06:54:00.001-07:002009-04-21T17:46:51.449-07:00Can you hear me now?<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br />To end poverty you do not need to give money...you do not need to give a voice to the hungry (they are already crying out)...you need to give a minute to listen. You need to give an ear.</span><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Poverty is an expanding universe, a void in which the empty places between pulsing points of light are getting farther and farther away. Poverty is itself an empty sort of hunger. It is not noble, it does not make the impoverished deeper in spirit, closer to the earth, or more aware. Poverty causes suffering, lack, solitude, and bitterness.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">Poverty is a helplessness.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">If you are poor it is likely that your voice will never be heard.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Today I feel impotent, angry, voiceless, and alone. Today I feel poor.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">I have started a website and a non profit group to bring awareness to these problems racing across the planet. I have tried to tell people that poverty is the greatest cause of environmental pollution, disease, and despair on earth. I have tried to say that the answer lies in saving people and that a very small contribution, a random act of kindness can make a big difference.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">I have tweeted, and dugg, and faved, and facebooked, and press released, and blogged, and emailed, and talked. I have marched up and down the strands of the web like a girl with a sandwich board over her shoulders pacing the sidewalks of the city. I have used my voice and I have not been heard.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">We need to learn to listen.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">We need to learn not to impose our ideas of what should be done and how changes should occur. We need to become aware of the poor in a real organic way that has nothing to do with statistics and green organizations or "doing the right thing".</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">We need to share our ideas with each other, to reach out across the spaces and try to bridge the gaps together.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">We need to find ways to take the needs of the world and translate them into messages that everyday people can understand. Statistics are terrible. It is horrific that every year 2 million children die of starvation...but it is horrific that any child dies from lack of food...ever...anywhere. 1 is more than we should allow if we can help it.<br />And we can. </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">We can help.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">First by listening, and then doing something, anything at all to change things. Imagine how you would move the heaven and earth to help someone you love. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Take just 1 minute. Do just 1 thing. Give just 1 and make 1 big difference.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please.</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Stand in silence somewhere and hear the world rising up from the ground beneath your feet, hear their voices in the wind, feel them underneath the same warm sun.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">First listen. Then speak for those that need an ear.</span>Elizabeth, Jordan, Libby, Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464854177704193844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679435292717461378.post-20648554834351690952009-04-20T18:10:00.001-07:002009-04-21T18:02:42.383-07:00<span style="font-size:180%;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Brother can you spare 1 buck?</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">1 has teamed up with </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);" href="http://www.heifer.org/">Heifer International</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"> </span>to raise $100,000 to fight global poverty and hunger.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Click the Heifer donation thermometer to your right and<a href="https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=178641&supId=253856836"> give just 1 dollar.</a><br />Or choose <a href="https://www.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=178641&lis=1&kntae178641=7413E0D8F50A4CFEA023CC7A9C121EF5&supId=0&team=3389601&cj=Y">Team Page </a>and become part of our team.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Be part of something bigger than yourself.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > Change the world. Give Just 1.</span>Elizabeth, Jordan, Libby, Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464854177704193844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679435292717461378.post-34782924590072637682009-04-20T05:53:00.000-07:002009-04-20T05:56:05.381-07:00<span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">It doesn't matter how you got here...just that you did.</span></span>Elizabeth, Jordan, Libby, Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464854177704193844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679435292717461378.post-75431811703671894052009-04-17T05:37:00.000-07:002009-04-18T19:37:20.150-07:00I am only one woman trying to make a difference.<span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"> The sole purpose of this blog is to encourage the web community to educate itself by creating <span style="font-weight: bold;">a village of ideas and activists.</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">This will not happen without you.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Tell us what needs to be done and what you are doing. Tell us what breaks your heart and what raises your spirits.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">Teach us about loss and hope.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">This is your voice. This is your chance to make a difference. This is the minute you can choose to do</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">1 small thing.</span></span>Elizabeth, Jordan, Libby, Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464854177704193844noreply@blogger.com1